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Stu JohnsonRetailers across Kentucky are assessing the State Supreme Court’s ruling on local efforts to set a minimum wage. That includes many in the restaurant business. The state’s highest court yesterday ruled on wage increases in Lexington and Louisville invalid. The court says only state lawmakers can act to raise the base rate. Kentucky Restaurant Association President Stacy Roof says it will be a business-by-business decision about whether to go back to the lower minimum wage of $7.25. She says most of their workers are not making minimum wage. Roof says many tipped workers in Kentucky restaurants are making above minimum wage when tips and hourly rates are considered. She says there are roughly 200,000 people working in the state’s restaurants.​ Ky. Restaurants Review Minimum Wage Rulinghttp://weku.fm/post/ky-restaurants-review-minimum-wage-ruling
96891 as http://weku.fmFri, 21 Oct 2016 21:40:55 +0000Ky. Restaurants Review Minimum Wage RulingStu JohnsonA six-to-one Kentucky Supreme Court ruling Thursday struck down minimum wage increases in the state’s two largest cities. Lexington’s minimum wage increased 95 cents in July to eight $8.20 an hour. The rate was scheduled to go up two more times over the next two years before resting at $10.10. Ky. Supreme Court Strikes Down Wage Hikes in Lexington, Louisvillehttp://weku.fm/post/ky-supreme-court-strikes-down-wage-hikes-lexington-louisville
96850 as http://weku.fmFri, 21 Oct 2016 01:22:12 +0000Ky. Supreme Court Strikes Down Wage Hikes in Lexington, LouisvilleAssociated PressKentucky’s highest court says the state’s Republican governor cannot cut the budgets of public colleges and universities without the approval of the state legislature. The 5-2 ruling by the state Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling that said Gov. Matt Bevin had the authority to order public colleges and universities not to spend all of the money the state legislature gave them. Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear appealed, arguing Bevin’s order was illegal. A majority of the court agreed on Thursday, saying Bevin does not have that authority. In a statement Thursday, Beshear applauded the ruling and called on Bevin to release the funds back to the universities. “Today, the Supreme Court enforced Kentucky law, reminding us that ‘the governor, like everyone, is bound by the law,'” Beshear said. “Based on today’s ruling, I am calling on Gov. Bevin to immediately release the $18 million he wrongfully withheld from our public colleges and universities. As the court stated, itKentucky Supreme Court Says Bevin Cannot Cut University Budgetshttp://weku.fm/post/kentucky-supreme-court-says-bevin-cannot-cut-university-budgets
95737 as http://weku.fmThu, 22 Sep 2016 14:59:11 +0000Kentucky Supreme Court Says Bevin Cannot Cut University BudgetsStu Johnson WEKU News There's been much attention over the past week given to Rowan County clerk Kim Davis and her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Other related issues could come before state lawmakers. Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Mary Noble says a modification in tax benefits could be placed on a legislative agenda. Noble, who’s spent most of her career in the legal profession, offered insights last week during a meeting of the Lexington Forum. She says tax policy is in the hands of lawmakers. “Let’s say a state decided that they were going to give no tax credit for the marriage status," Noble said. "They could do that, mostly likely they could do that, because they could apply it equally to everybody." Justice Noble says the U.S. Supreme Court ruling included some ‘scathing’ comments. She says the strong language from dissenting justices did not pertain to same sex marriage itself. “Not because they are attacking same sex marriages, but because they disliked the fact that the courtKentucky Supreme Court Justice Weighs In on Same Sex Marriage Rulinghttp://weku.fm/post/kentucky-supreme-court-justice-weighs-same-sex-marriage-ruling
80037 as http://weku.fmTue, 08 Sep 2015 02:17:58 +0000Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Weighs In on Same Sex Marriage RulingAssociated PressThe newest member of the Kentucky Supreme Court has been sworn in as a justice. Barber Sworn in as Kentucky Supreme Court Justice at Capitol http://weku.fm/post/barber-sworn-kentucky-supreme-court-justice-capitol
73020 as http://weku.fmTue, 24 Mar 2015 20:07:23 +0000Barber Sworn in as Kentucky Supreme Court Justice at Capitol Associated Press A judge in Frankfort is set to take up when to set a trial over the issue of Instant Racing at racetracks. A hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday in Franklin Circuit Court after Kentucky officials requested a hearing to move the case toward a resolution. Judge Set To Take Up Instant Racing http://weku.fm/post/judge-set-take-instant-racing
66922 as http://weku.fmFri, 31 Oct 2014 20:17:44 +0000Judge Set To Take Up Instant Racing Tony McVeigh, Kentucky Public RadioDeputy Chief Justice Mary Noble of Lexington has become the first woman to preside over oral arguments in the Kentucky Supreme Court. The issue before the Supreme Court was ineffective assistance of counsel in a criminal case. Its a fairly routine issue of appeal, but the proceedings were unique because, for the first time, a woman was sitting in the chief justices chair.History Made in High Courthttp://weku.fm/post/history-made-high-court
5861 as http://weku.fmWed, 08 Jun 2011 21:23:30 +0000History Made in High Court